JOBS IN ZAMBIA - DAILY ZAMBIA JOBS

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

CARE is an International Non-Governmental relief and development organization, dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE International Zambia has vacancies available under the Southern African Nutrition Initiative (SANI) Project. This is a Five-year Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) funded project (2016 – 2020) whose overall goal is to improve the nutritional status of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) and children under 5 years. The project is expected to contribute directly to the improved health of approximately 77,884 women, children and men directly, and over 361,112 individuals indirectly. SANI project will contribute to increased global impact on reducing child and maternal malnutrition through integration of strategies that will enhance infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and maternal nutrition practices; food security; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); women’s empowerment; Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST)/Community led Total sanitation (CLTS) and, maternal health.

CARE International in Zambia under its DFATD funded SANI Project is seeking to recruit qualified and experienced staff for the following positions-:

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator is responsible for the development and management of the M&E system for the SANI project. S/he is responsible for implementing, reviewing and assessing the M&E design for the project. S/he is responsible for planning, result based monitoring and evaluation and reporting.

Specific responsibilities/duties

Coordinate the development and implementation of M&E plan/system and manage the project’s database/project information system including the day to day monitoring of project activities.

Facilitate the planning, result based monitoring and evaluation of project activities including reporting

Develop and facilitate the implementation of approaches, mechanisms and tools for translating baseline survey findings into measurable indicators and monitor periodically progress made by the project.

Facilitate documentation and dissemination of success stories and lessons arising from implementation of the SANI project

Contribute towards the development of policy briefs

Train project staff and partners in relation to the application of M&E approaches, mechanisms and tools developed.

Provide technical support and take lead in conducting all project evaluations and surveys. Responsible for analyzing data from project surveys and evaluation for future programming, documentation and publication purpose.

Support the establishment and maintenance of mechanisms for capturing, analyzing, reporting, sharing and applying M&E findings, information, and lessons learned, and best practices among CARE and partner staff.

Participate in meetings of reflections, design and planning impact measures of the program at national, provincial, and district levels.

Conduct data quality assessments

Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Qualifications and Experience

Degree in Statistics, Demography, Development Studies, Sociology, Public Health/Nutrition or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized university or college

At least 3 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of NGO or Government project/programmes

Excellent skills in methodologies for collecting, processing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data. Excellent skills in qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation methods including survey design and report writing.